Global Economy
BP Risks $18B Fine in Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill After Judge Assigns Blame
A U.S. judge has decided that BP Plc was "grossly negligent" and "reckless" in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill four years ago, a ruling that could add nearly $18 billion in fines to more than $42 ...
S&P: Reinsurers Downplay Climate Change at Their Own Risk
Reinsurers must not take climate change for granted or underestimate its impact. If they do, they risk dealing with higher levels of catastrophic risks that fall way outside of their financial ...
Industry Execs See Reinsurance Market Woes Continuing
The worst reinsurance market in memory looks set to carry into 2015, industry executives said. An absence of costly disasters and increasing competition from new entrants dragged on prices this year, ...
Regulatory Change Positions Pakistan’s Insurance Sector For Expansion
Pakistan's insurance sector is set for a boost in competition which could help spread the uptake of insurance after the industry regulator allowed conventional firms to offer sharia-compliant ...
Two Everest Re Divisions Team to Offer Global Specialty Coverages
Two divisions of Everest Re Group will combine to offer specialty coverages outside of the United States and Canada, essentially going global in their efforts. Specialty Insurance Group (SIG) and ...
China’s Ping An Insurance Rolls Out Homebuyer Financing
Ping An Insurance (Group) Co., China's second-largest insurer, started a service financing down payments for potential homebuyers as more Chinese cities ease purchase restrictions to bolster sales ...
Ex-NSA Leader: JPMorgan Cyber Attack May Have Had Greater Purpose
Hackers who stole gigabytes of data from JPMorgan Chase & Co. may have been trying to send a message that U.S. financial institutions can be disrupted, the former director of the National ...AIG’s Chairman Says Leadership Change Follows Strategic Victory
The leadership transition at insurer American International Group Inc. is like switching generals after winning a war, Chairman Steve Miller said today. "We're changing generals as we move from ...